Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Oluboye Emmanuel Week 28, Day 6: Friday, 14th July 2023. Topic: YIELDING TO GOD 6: Yielding To His Will?

“1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

2. Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

3. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.”

Yielding to the will of God is another aspect we’ll need to check. Nobody is left out of this area, either a minister or a believer, young or old, this yielding is paramount to us all. From our case study for today, we saw how a Prophet of God decided to yield to His will rather than the will of God. He was appointed to go to Nineveh to deliver a message of repentance to the city but he went to Tarshish instead, why? Not because he was afraid or fearful but he wanted the destructions of the city because of their attitude and behavior.

How often do we find reasons not to go the way of the Lord, carrying out His Will because we have a hurt against a fellow. In anger, envy, jealousy we disobeyed God’s instructions to be of help to others, to be a solution to many and this has put us in the belly of a Whale like Jonah. How often do we try to teach God what to do than to do His Will? Yielding to His will for our lives is paramount than our ambitions. Are we sure we’re not in this situation we found ourselves because we decided to go our own way against His Will? We can always go back to God as Jonah did and seek for His Mercy to fulfill His Will for our lives. Yielding to God’s Will is what we should strive to do.

Good Day and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.